Post by @BrentToderian@mastodon.online

2026-07-01 00:06 UTC

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

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@pearofdoom@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-01 01:04

@BrentToderian@mastodon.online te ara tupua is literally this https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/te-ara-tupua/te-ara-tupua-project-banner__FocusFillWyIwLjAwIiwiMC4wMCIsMTkyMCwxMDgwXQ.jpg

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@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space 2026-07-01 09:57

@BrentToderian@mastodon.online One day people the world over, and especially in wealthy nations, will realise this utterly shocking thing: Roads are built for people not cars, and bikes, foot, busses and trams are all forms of transport. How do I know this? I use three of those, and I own a car.

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@AdrianVolt@digitalcourage.social 2026-07-01 02:59

@BrentToderian@mastodon.online The point is correct. However in terms of visuals, this is not going to make public transit more attractive as the overcrowded bus certainly does not invite more passengers to try it out. Especially as even in real life, many people - for understandable reasons of comfort - prefer to sit inside their car in a traffic jam than stand in an overcrowded bus. A bus/other public transit vehicle being crowded is also mostly independent of it having own lanes or not so even if you give it much more space, comfort for the passengers wont increase by much.

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@glutto@mastodon.social 2026-07-01 03:36

@BrentToderian@mastodon.online This needs to be updated. That car is waaaay too small.

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@howking@mastodonczech.cz 2026-07-01 05:13

@BrentToderian@mastodon.online Everyone has as much space as they can afford.

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@stekopf@mstdn.social 2026-07-01 07:18

@altbot@fuzzies.wtf

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@altbot@fuzzies.wtf 2026-07-01 07:18

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@niavy@masto.bike 2026-07-01 10:26

@BrentToderian@mastodon.online But still no alt text 👎

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